EBSA No. 6: Kermadec-Tonga-Louisville Junction - Ocean Biodiversity Information System

EBSA No. 6: Kermadec-Tonga-Louisville Junction

Statistics

Occurrence records	155
Species level	138
Species	43
Taxa	56
Datasets	13
Time range	1849 - 2015

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records	0
Not marine	0
No WoRMS match	1
No coordinates	0
Zero coordinates	0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure	0
No accepted name available	1

Missing and invalid fields

Field	Missing	Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	22	2
eventDate	3	0
maximumDepthInMeters	70	0
minimumDepthInMeters	62	0
occurrenceStatus	2	0
scientificNameID	3	0

Spatial issues

Records on land	0
More than 20 km from shore	0
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth	3

Top datasets

Dataset	Records
Historical distribution of whales shown by logbook records 1785-1913 Published 2023-02-08	54
Tracks of breeding and non-breeding Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae) from Chatham Islands New Zealand (2008 - 2012) Published 2022-06-08	34
Compilation of planktonic foraminiferal census counts from the Southern Hemisphere Oceans (1874 - 2012) Published 2022-11-14	25
NIWA Invertebrate Collection Published 2022-11-24	19
Vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South Pacific Ocean region Published 2024-05-01	8
Marine Biological Sample Database, JAMSTEC Published 2024-09-30	3
Vertical habitat use of black marlin (Istiompax indica) in the southwestern Pacific. (2002-2015) Published 2022-08-04	2
FishNet2 Marine Data Published 2023-12-19	2
TOPP Summary of SSM-derived Telemetry Published 2021-04-28	2
World Ocean Database 2009 Published 2020-11-17	2

Distribution

Disclaimer: EEZ boundaries based on Marine Regions (no endorsement).

Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa

Scientific name	Records
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 VU Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	43
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	34
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia	11
Nematoda Phylum Nematoda	3
Hemicorallium abyssale (Bayer, 1956) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	3
Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2
Euretidae Zittel, 1877 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2
Hyalonema (Oonema) bipinnulum Lévi, 1964 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2
Monorhaphis chuni Schulze, 1904 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	2

Newest species

Scientific name	Records	Since
Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	2	2015
Hyalonema (Oonema) bipinnulum Lévi, 1964 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2013
Monorhaphis chuni Schulze, 1904 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2013
Chonelasma hamatum Schulze, 1886 Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida	1	2013
Narella vulgaris Cairns, 2012 Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	1	2013
Hemicorallium abyssale (Bayer, 1956) Phylum Cnidaria > Class Octocorallia	2	2013
Pterodroma magentae (Giglioli & Salvadori, 1869) CR Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	34	2009
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin, 1789) Phylum Chordata > Class Aves	2	2005
Diaphus mollis Tåning, 1928 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1976
Diaphus thiollierei Fowler, 1934 Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei	1	1976

Data providers

Name	Records
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure	64
Duke University	56
WCS Canada	54
Department of Conservation- Wellington Office	34
National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research	28
GEOPS Geosciences Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université de Paris Sud	25
JAMSTEC Tokyo Office	3
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington	2
U.S. Geological Survey HQ	2
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Information and Data Centre, Hobart	2